tech-userlevel archive
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Old Index]
Re: groff/-mandoc replacement (OT)
>>> [...], "what I want" is a blank line, [...]
>> .Pp The `.Pp' paragraph command may be used to specify a line
>> space where necessary. [...]
> Be warned that nroff may decide to squeeze out multiple blank lines,
> so a whole file full of Pp ends up being a singleton.
> .br is the appropriate troff/evil request, but nroff may still decide
> against honouring it. --kk
.br wasn't enough in my tests. The incantation I eventually settled
on, which seems to work for me, is
.de bL
.nf
\&\ \&
.br
.fi
..
(which defines .bL for the purpose). Some one of these years I should
learn enough roff to go read the mdoc source myself....
/~\ The ASCII Mouse
\ / Ribbon Campaign
X Against HTML mouse%rodents-montreal.org@localhost
/ \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
Home |
Main Index |
Thread Index |
Old Index